Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

Known for
Acting
Born
July 4, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France

Biography

Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor. His breakthrough performance was in the 2009 French film A Prophet, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and Most Promising Actor. He has since starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene (both 2018). garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Smiling Hacker

Smiling Hacker

Movie

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Tahar l’étudiant poster

Tahar l’étudiant

Movie · as Tahar

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L'incident

L'incident

Movie · as Harry

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The Little Fears

The Little Fears

Movie · as Damien

2026
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

Movie · as Inspecteur Javert

2026
Prisoner poster

Prisoner

TV · as Tibor Stone · 6 eps

2025
Alpha poster

Alpha

Movie · as Amin

2025
The Original+ poster

The Original+

Movie · as Self - Guest

2024
Monsieur Aznavour poster

Monsieur Aznavour

Movie · as Charles Aznavour

2024
Madame Web poster

Madame Web

Movie · as Ezekiel Sims

2024
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille poster

Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille

Movie · as Self : Guest

2023
Napoleon poster

Napoleon

Movie · as Paul Barras

2023
Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations

TV · as Omar Haddad, Ezra Haddad · 2 eps

2023
Beau geste poster

Beau geste

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2023
LEGEND poster

LEGEND

TV · 1 ep

2022
Don Juan poster

Don Juan

Movie · as Laurent

2021
The Mauritanian poster

The Mauritanian

Movie · as Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2021
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur poster

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2021
The Serpent poster

The Serpent

TV · as Charles Sobhraj · 8 eps

2020
The Eddy poster

The Eddy

TV · as Farid Youssfi · 3 eps

2019
The Kindness of Strangers poster

The Kindness of Strangers

Movie · as Marc

2019
Gloomy Eyes poster

Gloomy Eyes

Movie · as French Grave keeper

2018
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Movie · as Self

2018
Mary Magdalene poster

Mary Magdalene

Movie · as Judas

2018
Treat Me Like Fire poster

Treat Me Like Fire

Movie · as Abel

2018
The Looming Tower poster

The Looming Tower

TV · as Ali Soufan · 10 eps

2017
The Price of Success poster

The Price of Success

Movie · as Brahim

2016
Daguerrotype poster

Daguerrotype

Movie · as Jean

2016
Heal the Living poster

Heal the Living

Movie · as Thomas Rémige

2016
I Saved My Belly Dancer poster

I Saved My Belly Dancer

Movie

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
The Anarchists poster

The Anarchists

Movie · as Jean Albertini

2015
The Last Panthers poster

The Last Panthers

TV · as Khalil · 6 eps

2014
The Cut poster

The Cut

Movie · as Nazaret Manoogian

2014
Samba poster

Samba

Movie · as Walid aka Wilson

2014
Santa Claus poster

Santa Claus

Movie · as Le Père Noël

2013
The Past poster

The Past

Movie · as Samir

2013
Grand Central poster

Grand Central

Movie · as Gary

2013
The Informant poster

The Informant

Movie · as Redjani Belimane

2012
Our Children poster

Our Children

Movie · as Mounir

2011
Love and Bruises poster

Love and Bruises

Movie · as Mathieu

2011
Free Men poster

Free Men

Movie · as Younes

2011
Black Gold poster

Black Gold

Movie · as Auda

2011
The Eagle poster

The Eagle

Movie · as Seal Prince

2011
Bref poster

Bref

TV · as Tahar Rahim · 1 ep

2010
You Never Left poster

You Never Left

Movie

2010
Behind Bars

Behind Bars

Movie · as Self

2009
A Prophet poster

A Prophet

Movie · as Malik El Djebena

2009
C à vous poster

C à vous

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2007
Inside poster

Inside

Movie · as Police Officer

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
La Commune poster

La Commune

TV · as Yazid Fikry · 8 eps

2001
Burger Quiz poster

Burger Quiz

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1976
Cérémonie des César poster

Cérémonie des César

TV · as Self - President · 1 ep